Sustentabilidade e Segurança Alimentar Ambulante na cidade de Santos-SP

Abstract

Summary: Introduction: The trade in ready-to-eat food by street vendors can pose a high risk to the health of consumers, since the people involved in this activity, even knowing about the correct handling of food, do not assure the population of their safety. Objectives: To verify the sanitary hygienic conditions in food sales points by street vendors, of the Pastel and Soft Drink category with hand car use in the ponta da praia region, in the city of Santos. Prepare a Checklist on the hygienic conditions, handling and general sustainability of street walkers. Methodology: An analytical cross-sectional study whose objective was to obtain reliable data that at the end of the research allowed to elaborate reliable, robust conclusions, besides generating new hypotheses that can be investigated with new research. Results: The research revealed that 100% of street walkers have clean nails, protect the cart from insects, partthe cleaning material from food and manufacture ice with drinking water. 90% perform periodic health examination, pack the garbage properly, 83% use bactericidal cloth, 58% do not use adornments, 58% do not sanitize vegetables, 75% use drinking water for cleaning, 75% participate in the Food Handling Course, 67% do not have wooden objects, 58% do not recycle oil, 70% do not have objects in disuse. 30% use condiment saches, 100% do not elaborate Cleaning Schedule. Conclusion: It is suggested the adoption of measures that contribute to the execution of educational and awareness work together with street walkers.